Gag-runner



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R. G. HANPORD, Jr.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT G. HANFOBD, JR, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO 0. B. NORTH &CO.,OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

GAG-RUNNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,715, dated May 15,1883.

ApplicationfiledMarchlG,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT G. HANFORD, Jr.,of Columbus, in the count of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented anew Improvement in Gag-Runners; and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,

and represent, in

Figure 1, a perspective View; Fig. 2, a sectional side View, showing theattachment to the strap.

This invention relates to an improvement in the loop designed to beattached to the bridle of a harness, and through which the check-reinwill run, commonly called gagrunner, the object of the invention beingto simplify the construction and adjustment of the runner, whereby itscost of manufacture may be reduced; and it consists in the constructionof the article, as hereinafter described, and more particularly recitedin the claim.

The runneris made in a single piece of metal, A, terminating atits-upper end in a loop, B

the said loop being in width sufficient to permit the strap C to passthrough it, as seen in Fig. 2, and so that the loop will stand inclined,

the one bar, a, on the inside and the other bar, 0 b, on the outside ofthe strap, the connection of the loop with the body being on the outsideor lower bar, I). The other end of the runner is bent to form the eye D,through which the check-rein will run, and its extreme end turned 5 overto form a hook, E. This hook is inserted through one of the perforationsin the strap, as seen in Fig. 2, and serves to hold the runner at anyposition where it may be placed, the loop supporting the upper end andthe 4.0 hook E engaging it with the strap. This is the complete article.It may be cut from sheet metal and bent to the required shape, or it maybe cast. When on the strap it is easily adjusted, and so simple that themost inexperi- 45 enced person will readily recognize the method ofadjustment.

I claim- The herein-described gag-runner, consisting of the body A,constructed with a loop, B, at 50 its upper end, the other end bent toform an eye, D, and terminating in the hook E, substantially asdescribed.

ROBERT Gr. HANF'ORD, JR.

Witnesses:

F. O. HUBBARD, W. O. HENDERsoN.

